Who would have believed what we just heard? When was the LORD’s power revealed through him? He sprouted up like a twig before God, like a root out of parched soil; he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, no special appearance that we should want to follow him. He was despised and rejected by people, one who experienced pain and was acquainted with illness; people hid their faces from him; he was despised, and we considered him insignificant. (Isa 53:1-3, NET) Jesus was indeed a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. He was rejected by the people he had created. The true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was created by him, but the world did not recognize him. He came to what was his own, but his own people did not receive him. (Jn 1:9-11, NET) His own family did not believe in Him. So Jesus’ brothers advised him, “Leave here and go to Judea so your discip...
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